Calyptocephalella Strand 1926 (helmeted water toad)

Amphibia - Salientia - Calyptocephalellidae

Synonym: Calyptocephalus Duméril and Bibron 1841 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Calyptocephalellidae according to S. F. Vizcaíno et al. 2022

See also Agnolin 2012, Fernicola and Albino 2012, Mörs et al. 2020, Moyano-Paz et al. 2022 and Schaeffer 1949

Sister taxa: Baurubatrachus, Calyptocephalella satan, Gigantobatrachus, Indobatrachus, Saniwa australis

Subtaxa: Calyptocephalella canqueli Calyptocephalella gayi Calyptocephalella sabrosa

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Type: Calyptocephalella gayi

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection)

• Miocene of Argentina (4)

• Deseadan of Bolivia (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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